"Nashville. Live! (The Monkees album) Live! is a CD live set by the Monkees recorded during their successful 20th Anniversary Tour in 1986. To date, it is the only known complete concert recorded during this era. The original copies of the recording were available at tour stops in double-LP and cassette formats, titled ""Davy Jones / Micky Dolenz / Peter Tork: 20th Anniversary Tour"" (no mention of the name ""Monkees"" on the cover, save for the band's logo visible at the back of the stage). The CD was a limited edition release, and was available via the group's fan club"
"Monkees"". To support the reunion, Nesmith, Jones, Dolenz, and Tork briefly toured the UK in 1997. The UK tour was the last appearance of all four Monkees performing together. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, after Jones's death, Nesmith reunited with Dolenz and Tork to perform concerts throughout the United States. Backed with a 7-piece band that included Nesmith's son, Christian, the trio performed 27 songs from The Monkees discography. (""Daydream Believer"" was sung by the audience and played by the band.) When asked why he had decided to return to the Monkees, Nesmith stated, ""I never really left. It is"
"show came in 1986, which led to a series of reunion tours and new records. The group has reunited and toured several times since then with different line-ups and varying degrees of success. After Davy Jones died on February 29, 2012, the surviving members reunited for a tour in November–December 2012 and again in 2013 for a 24-date tour. The Monkees continued to tour through their 2016 50th Anniversary, with Dolenz and Tork forming the core of the band and Nesmith continuing to join them occasionally. Dolenz described ""The Monkees"" as initially being ""a TV show about an imaginary band…"
"Michael Nesmith Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series ""The Monkees"" (1966–1968). Nesmith's songwriting credits include ""Different Drum"" (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys). After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit ""Joanne"", and then as a solo artist. He is a noted player of"
"month. Michael Nesmith Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series ""The Monkees"" (1966–1968). Nesmith's songwriting credits include ""Different Drum"" (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys). After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit ""Joanne"", and then as a solo artist. He is a noted player"
"by releasing a single on the Highness label. He followed this in 1965 with a one-off single released on Edan Records followed by two more recorded singles; one was titled ""The New Recruit"" under the name ""Michael Blessing"", released on Colpix Records, coincidentally also the label of Davy Jones, though they did not meet until the Monkees formed. From 1965 to early 1970, Nesmith was a member of the television pop-rock band The Monkees, created for the television situation comedy of the same name. According to his May 2015 interview on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast, someone showed him a copy of"
"surviving Monkees, two songs feature vocals from Davy Jones. The cover art is provided by the comic book artists Mike and Laura Allred. Controversy hit early in 1967 concerning the Monkees' studio abilities. Dolenz told a reporter that the Wrecking Crew provided the backing tracks for the first two Monkees albums, and that his origin as a drummer was simply that a Monkee had to learn to play the drums, and he only knew the guitar. A January 28, 1967 ""Saturday Evening Post"" article quoted Nesmith railing against the music creation process. ""Do you know how debilitating it is to"
"Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. is the fourth album by the Monkees, released on November 6, 1967, when the Monkees were exerting more control over their music and had started to play many of the instruments themselves, something their record company had previously forbidden. The group did employ studio musicians to a greater extent than their previous album, ""Headquarters"", on which the four musicians played almost entirely on their own. Guitarist Michael Nesmith is heard vocally on this album more than ever before, singing lead on five cuts; conversely, Micky Dolenz sings lead"
"the trio, available as a premium for Kool-Aid labels), with Nesmith leaving the group to continue recording songs with his own country-rock group called Michael Nesmith & The First National Band, which he had started recording with on February 10, 1970. His first album with his own band was called ""Magnetic South"", and at the time he left the Monkees in April, he was recording songs for his second album with The First National Band, called ""Loose Salute"". This left Dolenz and Jones to record the bubblegum pop album ""Changes"" as the ninth and final album by the Monkees released"
"her married name. Dolenz married his third wife, Donna Quinter, in 2002. In 2001, Dolenz bought a house in Bell Canyon, California. He is an atheist and when asked about a belief in God, he said, ""God is a verb, not a noun."" Micky Dolenz George Michael Dolenz Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as a vocalist and drummer of the 1960s pop/rock band the Monkees. Dolenz was born at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors"
"Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart is an album by the group of the same name, released in 1976. The group consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. Dolenz and Jones had been members of 1960s pop group/band The Monkees while Boyce and Hart had written many of the group's biggest hits such as ""Last Train to Clarksville"" and ""(Theme from) The Monkees"". As such, several publications, such as Allmusic, consider the album to be a Monkees-reunion album. Most of the musicians that appear on this album were featured on Monkees albums"
"strong lead voice and sings lead on several Monkees recordings, Dolenz's voice is regarded, particularly by Nesmith, as one of the most distinctive in popular music history and a hallmark of the Monkees' sound. This theoretical lineup was actually depicted once, in the music video for the band's song ""Words"", which shows Jones on drums, Tork playing lead guitar, Nesmith on bass and Dolenz fronting the group. In concert appearances Tork also took much of the guitar duties, even in appearances with Nesmith, and Dolenz often plays rhythm guitar on stage. Unlike most television shows of the time, ""The Monkees"""
"""The reaction to the last tour was euphoric"", Dolenz told ""Rolling Stone"" magazine. ""It was pretty apparent there was a demand for another one."" A third tour with Nesmith would follow in 2014. In 2014, the Monkees were inducted into the Pop Music Hall of Fame at the 2014 Monkees Convention. At the convention the band announced a 2014 tour of the Eastern and Midwestern US. Dolenz and Tork toured as the Monkees in 2015 without Nesmith's participation. Nesmith stated that he was busy with other ventures, although Dolenz said that ""He's always invited."" In February 2016, Dolenz announced that"
"and Elvin Bishop. No songwriter credit is listed for ""Mary, Mary"" on ""East-West"". On July 25, 1966, Nesmith produced and recorded the song for The Monkees at Western Recorders in Hollywood, California. Micky Dolenz sang lead, and Mike used the crack group of session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew to beef up their sound, including; James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Michael Deasy and Larry Knechtel. Their version was released on the album ""More of the Monkees"" in 1967. The Monkees' ""Mary Mary"" was not released as a single in the USA in the 1960s,"
"Changes (The Monkees album) Changes is the ninth studio album by the Monkees. The album was issued after Michael Nesmith's exit from the band, leaving only Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones to fulfill the recording contract they signed in the mid-1960s. ""Changes"" was their last new album for Colgems Records and the group's last album of all new material until 1987's ""Pool It"". The album's title had originally been considered for the Monkees' movie (released in 1968), and a song with that title (cowritten by Jones with Steve Pitts) had been recorded. The movie was retitled ""Head"", however, and the"
"of a heart attack at age 66 due to atherosclerosis on February 29, 2012. Soon thereafter, rumors began to circulate that Nesmith would reunite with Dolenz and Tork in the wake of Jones' death. This was confirmed on August 8, 2012, when the surviving trio announced a series of U.S. shows for November and December, commencing in Escondido, California and concluding in New York City. The brief tour marked the first time Nesmith performed with the Monkees since 1997, as well as the first without Jones. Jones' memory was honored throughout the shows via recordings and video. During one point,"
"After the end of the 50th Anniversary Tour, Dolenz, Tork, and Nesmith spent 2017 engaging in solo activities. In 2018, Nesmith toured with a revived version of the First National Band and stated that he was in negotiations with promoters to tour again with Dolenz later in the summer. On February 20, the tour was announced as ""The Monkees Present: The Mike and Micky Show"", their first tour as a duo; Tork declined to participate due to wanting to focus on his new solo album. Though the pair played Monkees music and promoted the tour under the Monkees banner, Nesmith"
"Micky Dolenz George Michael Dolenz Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as a vocalist and drummer of the 1960s pop/rock band the Monkees. Dolenz was born at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors George Dolenz and Janelle Johnson. Dolenz began his show-business career in 1956 when he starred in a children's TV show called ""Circus Boy"" under the name Mickey Braddock. He played Corky, an orphaned water boy for the elephants in a one-ring circus at"
"""Refocus"" that had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, Bell Records, also owned by Screen Gems. Dolenz and Jones took advantage of this, joining ex-Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to tour the United States. From 1975 to 1977, as the ""Golden Hits of the Monkees"" show (""The Guys who Wrote 'Em and the Guys who Sang 'Em!""), they successfully performed in smaller venues such as state fairs and amusement parks, as well as making stops in Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. They also released an album of new material as ""Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart"". Nesmith"
"Valley Sunday"", ""Sometime in the Morning"", and ""The Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)"" have emerged as signature songs from The Monkees. As of February 2010, he was appearing on stage in London in ""Hairspray with Michael Ball"". The show also went on tour and had a successful run in Dublin, Ireland, during November 2010. In 2011, he rejoined Tork and Jones for . Jones' sudden death in February 2012 led to Dolenz and Tork reuniting with Michael Nesmith for a 12-concert tour of the United States in November and December, 2012. The trio toured again in both 2013 and 2014."
"album ""Justus"" was released in 1996. It was the first since 1968 on which all four original members performed and produced. ""Justus"" was produced by the Monkees, all songs were written by one of the four Monkees, and it was recorded using only the four Monkees for all instruments and vocals, which was the inspiration for the album title and spelling (""Justus"" = Just Us). The trio of Dolenz, Jones, and Tork reunited again for a successful 30th anniversary tour of American amphitheaters in 1996, while Nesmith joined them onstage in Los Angeles to promote the new songs from ""Justus""."
"reunited with Micky Dolenz as well as Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart in 1974 as a short-lived group called Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart. A Monkees television show marathon (""Pleasant Valley Sunday"") broadcast on 23 February 1986 by MTV resulted in a wave of Monkeemania not seen since the group's heyday. Jones reunited with Dolenz and Peter Tork from 1986 to 1989 to celebrate the band's renewed success and promote the 20th anniversary of the group. A new top 20 hit, ""That Was Then, This Is Now"" was released (though Jones did not perform on the song) as"
"of print. (One Colpix album was reissued on Colgems, the soundtrack to the 1962 film ""Lawrence of Arabia"".) Even before the Monkees began, Colpix had signed two future members – Davy Jones, recruited to Screen Gems by Ward Sylvester, and Michael Nesmith, who recorded as ""Michael Blessing"". The Colpix catalog was sold to Roulette Records. The Colpix catalog is owned by Warner Music Group with its Rhino Records unit holding the rights in North America and its Parlophone unit the rights in the rest of the world. The non-Monkees Colgems roster included Sally Field, Jewel Akens, Sajid Khan, Paula Wayne,"
"""Davy Jones"", featuring the single ""Rainy Jane"" / ""Welcome to My Love"". Both Jones and Dolenz released multiple singles as solo artists in the years following the original break-up of the Monkees. The duo continued to tour throughout most of the 1970s. Partly because of repeats of the television series ""The Monkees"" on Saturday mornings and in syndication, ""The Monkees Greatest Hits"" charted in 1976. The LP, issued by Arista Records, who by this time had possession of the Monkees' master tapes, courtesy of their corporate owner, Screen Gems, was actually a re-packaging of an earlier (1972) compilation LP called"
"in 2012. Although Nesmith sang lead vocals only on a remake of the 1968 song ""Circle Sky"", he did write the Dolenz-vocal song, ""Admiral Mike"", and provided background vocals for all tracks. Although preliminary work on the album was begun using songs from various writers, upon Nesmith's agreement to join the production it was agreed that all songs would be written only by the four members of the group. The four also produced and recorded all the tracks jointly, making it the first Monkees album since ""Headquarters"" to be produced entirely by the group as a single unit, and the"
"Donovan Leitch (actor) Donovan Jerome Leitch Jr (born 16 August 1967) is an English-born American actor, singer and former model. He is the son of the singer-songwriter Donovan and the brother of actress Ione Skye. He was a member of the hard rock band Camp Freddy, and was a founding member of neo-glam group Nancy Boy along with Jason Nesmith, the son of Michael Nesmith of The Monkees. Leitch appeared in the films """" (1985), ""The In Crowd"" (1988), ""...And God Created Woman"" (1988), ""The Blob"" (1988), ""Glory"" (1989, portraying Charles Fessenden Morse), ""Cutting Class"" (1989), ""Gas, Food Lodging"" (1992),"
"his live appearances with The Monkees. He would use that guitar in their motion picture ""Head"" for the live version of ""Circle Sky"", and also for the final original Monkees tour in 1969 with Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz. In a post on his Facebook page in 2011, Nesmith reported that both guitars were stolen in the early 1970s. As with the other Monkees, Nesmith came to be frustrated by the manufactured image of the whole project. He was permitted to write and produce two songs per album, and his music was frequently featured in episodes of the series. Nesmith"
"a distinctive visual style, absurdist sense of humour and unusual story structure. Whatever Jones and the Monkees were meant to be, they became creative artists in their own right, and Jones's chipper Brit-pop presence was a big reason they were able to produce work that was commercial, wholesome and yet impressively weird."" ""Mediaite"" columnist Paul Levinson noted that ""The Monkees were the first example of something created in a medium – in this case, a rock group on television – that jumped off the screen to have big impact in the real world."" Davy Jones (musician) David Thomas Jones (30"
"recorded some of their songs separately. Using Chip Douglas again to produce, ""Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd."", released in November 1967 was the Monkees' fourth No. 1 album in a row, staying at No. 1 for 5 weeks, and was also their last No. 1 album. It featured the hit single ""Pleasant Valley Sunday"" (#3 on charts) b/w ""Words"" (#11 on charts), the A-side had Nesmith on electric guitar/backing vocals, Tork on piano/backing vocals, Dolenz on lead vocals and possibly guitar and Jones on backing vocals; the B-side had Micky and Peter alternating lead vocals, Peter played organ, Mike"
"Nesmith. Douglas produced next Monkees' album, ""Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd."", on which he also played bass. Unlike ""Headquarters"", it was done in several different studios around the U.S. between Monkees tour dates, and was played by the band and augmented by session musicians. Douglas also introduced members of the Monkees to new songwriters, including John Stewart, who wrote ""Daydream Believer"", which would become their second-biggest all-time single and was included on the 1968 album ""The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees"". Douglas thought the song would be perfect for Davy Jones, and Tork provided a memorable piano intro."
"Monkees through various stages of evolution until they are ready to brainwash the world via commercial exploitation. Trapped in giant test tubes, the four are stripped of all personal identity and names: Micky Dolenz becomes Monkee #1, Peter Tork becomes Monkee #2, Michael Nesmith Monkee #3, and Davy Jones Monkee #4. Each Monkee (under Driscoll's watch) attempts to regain their stripped personal identities by thinking a way out of captivity into their own world of fantasies. Monkee #1 (Dolenz) performs an R&B up-tempo duet remake of ""I'm a Believer"" with Driscoll; Monkee #2 (Tork) reclines on a giant cushion in"
"was one of the first uses of the synthesizer on a rock recording. He eventually sold his instrument to Bobby Sherman. He is one of three surviving members of The Monkees (after Jones' death in 2012). He is the only surviving member of The Monkees who has been with the band continuously since its inception, and the only member with contemporary recordings of his vocals on all studio albums. The Moog synthesizer that Dolenz had bought proved vital when he composed a song entitled ""Easy On You"" in 1971 and began recording it in his home studio, with him playing"
"Tork"" bit on ""Late Night with David Letterman"" in July 1982. In 1986, after a 1985 tour with Jones in Australia, Tork rejoined fellow Monkees Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz for a highly successful 20th anniversary reunion tour. Three new songs were recorded by Tork and Dolenz for a greatest-hits release. The three Monkees recorded ""Pool It!"". A decade later, all four group members recorded ""Justus"", the first recording with all four members since 1968. The quartet performed live in the United Kingdom in 1997, but for the next several years only the trio of Tork, Dolenz and Jones toured"